The Grey Zone

The Grey Zone
The Grey Zone
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Tim Blake Nelson
Written by	Tim Blake Nelson
Based on	Auschwitz: a Doctor's Eyewitness Account; by Miklós Nyiszli and; The Grey Zone; by Tim Blake Nelson
Produced by	Avi Lerner; Danny Lerner; Pamela Koffler; Christine Vachon; Tim Blake Nelson;
Starring	David Arquette; Steve Buscemi; Harvey Keitel; Mira Sorvino; Allan Corduner; Daniel Benzali; Natasha Lyonne;
Cinematography	Russell Lee Fine
Edited by	Michelle Botticelli; Tim Blake Nelson;
Music by	Jeff Danna
Production; companies	Millennium Films; The Goatsingers; Killer Films;
Distributed by	Lions Gate Films; Roadside Attractions
Release dates	September 13, 2001 (TIFF); October 18, 2002 (United States);
Running time	108 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$517,872

The Grey Zone is a 2001 American historical drama film written and directed by Tim Blake Nelson^[3] and starring David Arquette, Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, Mira Sorvino, and Daniel Benzali. It is based on the book Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account written by Dr. Miklós Nyiszli.^[4]

The title comes from a chapter in the book The Drowned and the Saved by Holocaust survivor Primo Levi.^[5] The film tells the story of the Jewish Sonderkommando XII in Auschwitz in October 1944. These prisoners were made to assist the camp's guards in shepherding their victims to the gas chambers and then disposing of their bodies in the ovens.

^ Holden, Stephen (2002-10-18). "FILM REVIEW; An Uprising at Auschwitz, With Emphasis on Realism". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
^ "The Grey Zone (2002)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
^ Holden, Stephen (2002-10-18). "FILM REVIEW; An Uprising at Auschwitz, With Emphasis on Realism". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
^ Nyiszli, Miklós (April 1, 2011). Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account (Overdrive Read epub ed.). Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. ISBN 978-1-61145-011-8.
^ Levi, Primo (1989). The Drowned and the Saved. Einaudi (Italian 1986), Summit Books (English 1988). ISBN 978-0-349-10047-0.